My name is Ava Potterfield.
I am a musician, I teach private music lessons, I am a song writer and
performer, as well as a photographer. I
am a wife, mother, and grandmother. I
served as a member and as an officer in the Quincy, IL Chapter of The Illinois
Music Teachers Association as their Secretary and as their President. I am an artist in the beginning of forming an
artistic identity.
I first became interested in art as a young child with
coloring books, drawing and art in school.
I took an art class in college that reacquainted me with working with my
hands to create. While I enjoyed it …
art was not my focus and was left by the wayside as I pursued other
things. Then two years ago … at the age
of 47 … I felt art surging through me and demanding to be let out. My husband, Doug, and I purchased supplies
and began our art journey together.
Right now I sketch, paint and sculpt in our living room at
home. We are working on creating a space
that can be dedicated to art and creativity.
It will be a room dedicated to crochet, making jewelry, quilting and
sewing as well as sculpting, sketching, painting and music.
I work with polymer clay, watercolor, pencil, charcoal and
acrylics. If I had to choose a favorite
right now … I would have to choose watercolor.
That surprises me … previously I would have sworn that charcoal was my
favorite.
What inspires me the most is nature. I have always been in love with nature and
the beauty it has to offer us. I enjoy
taking photos that inspire me to sketch or paint.
My favorite piece that I have created is an acrylic piece
that I painted of a sunflower. I am
currently working on a charcoal drawing of an artifact as well as a sketch and
a watercolor. The first piece of artwork
that I sold was a pencil and charcoal drawing of the Union Covered Bridge in
Paris, Missouri. I was thrilled!
The most indispensable item in my art studio right now would
be a bit unusual. It would be my
Manhasset music stand. It holds my art
work and raises, lowers, swivels, leans forward, leans back and offers so many
different angles to look at my work as I go.
The best piece of advice I’ve been given is this … “If
you’re not making mistakes, you are not making progress.” – John Irvine,
Quincy, IL. It’s okay to experiment. It’s okay to make mistakes. It’s okay for things to turn out differently
than we had planned. This takes all of
the pressure off and allows things to be fun.
I look forward to many more projects and adding new mediums
to work with. Creating art makes me
happy.
Ava
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